I go to the emergency room when I'm desperate and they treat me like I'm abusing the system but it's the only healthcare I can access and I leave feeling criminal for being sick.
More people experience this than they realize.
Using emergency services as primary care due to economic necessity subjects individuals to institutional shame about appropriate healthcare consumption.
“Where Are You with Body in poverty — health as class condition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.